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"Greeting princess Athena.

" seeing the new version of princess Leona who was wearing the beautiful white dress like the greek goddess with the flower crown on her head, even Kyrana who used to see that side of her before was still shocked by such a change.

nEven her voice was much more feminine, like a siren.

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"Um...good afternoon, your highness.

" Athena replied nervously seeing that.

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"So what business does my lovely sister have with me today? I feel so honored.

" Kyrana rolled her eyes a little bit hearing such a thing. Her acting was on point, behaving like a kind and innocent sister after almost killing her once in the past won't change much about how Kyrana thinks of her.

nPrincess Leona bent her knees curling her body a little to match with both of the adorable and short princesses with a glamorous smile on her face.

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"Can you take us to the casino...sister??

" Kyrana swallowed her pride and asked a favor from her older sister.

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"Of course, anything for my sister.

" princess Leona grabbed Kyrana's little hand tightly walking alongside the princess who was content jumping around as they walked together.

nLeona and Kyrana walked behind princess Athena holding each other's hand with the intent of breaking it and kept glaring at each other.

nThey seemed to understand what the other party mean just by glaring into each other's eyes.

n'Why didn't you tell me she's a princess???!!!' Leona turned her head to princess Athena biting her lip glaring at her little sister while tightening her grip.

n'Why should I???? Stop with your acting already...'

nLeona clicked her tongue, the same as Kyrana did.

n'This brat.'

n'This idiot!!!'

nAthena giggled witnessing a cute interaction between two sisters, feeling a little bit of envy since all of her siblings were a boy and the only thing they played together was sword and spear.

nBut she was relieved since the other sibling also played with such things as a weapon with each other too like earlier when she saw princess Leona throw the axe at her little sister.

nNo sibling plays like that...

nThey arrived at the casino after the long way of Kyrana avoiding her older brother, the casino was screaming gold and money. Even the smell in the hall was money, the screaming and chanting, cheering all across the casino was such wonderful music to the ear of princess Leona.

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"It's been a long time since I came here...

" she crossed her arm walking big steps at a time smirking, she introduced the little kids to a whole new world they never experienced.

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"Wow, so cool.

" Kyrana glanced at princess Athena who took Leona's words seriously like money following a human.

nThey exchanged the money they had in their pocket for a coin. Kyrana got ten coins, the same as Athena while Leona got twenty for herself.

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"So what game do you want to play first, your highness???

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"I want to play that one!!!

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"Ah, card guessing, huh???

" the evil Leona came out as she knew she would be able to pull princess Athena into the world of a gamble.

nGambling is all about losing, the more pride you have, the more greedy you are, that was when you became the slave to gamble.

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"Bet your coin on the number you will think to appear under that man's hands.

" Kyrana sat beside Athena sipping the cocktail they made inside the casino crossing her legs. She put down her glass and chuckled seeing Leona tried so hard to teach a kid like that.

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"There are 53 cards including a joker, do you think you will win??? Don't waste your money like that.

" Kyrana warned her jokingly, but Athena already lost herself into gambling as she bet all of her ten coins in one card.

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"I bet on number ten...emm the heart one.

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"Are you--

" Kyrana almost called the princess crazy, but she took it back on time and took out her coin to bet on some random number.

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"Here we go. Three, two, one...ten heart!!!!!!!

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"I won!!!!! I really won!!!!!

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"What????

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"Beginner's luck...

" both of the sisters were shocked seeing Athena get all the money on the table to herself.

nKyrana felt like losing, and as her natural competition spirit occurs, she rushed to the exchange desk and turned all her money into coins.

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"Second round!!!!

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"Leona, which one do you bet???

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"Trust me, it's two, the diamond.

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"Are you sure???

" they whispered to each other even when Athena already bet on a number.

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"Trust me, I'm an expert!!!

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nAnd they lost. Athena won again, again, again, and again. Ten times in a row until the table operator kicked all of them out of the table.

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"How did you win all that???

" Leona's hair was messy from all the stress from losing and the frustration burning in her heart.

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"Eh??? Do we even need a way to win that?? It was so easy, I just guess randomly.

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n'Tsk.'

n'Tsk.'

nThey moved on to the next game. They kept winning without losing having the champion among the group attracting all the attention from the people in the casino.

nAthena got like a full bag of coins dragging on the floor as she moved from the next game to the next game, the bag kept getting bigger and bigger till the casino decided to kick all of them out due to all the complaints from the customers who lost again the princess.

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"I heard the palace has a wonderful lake there, why don't we go there??

" Athena was back to jumping around again since she was the only one having so much fun while the other two looked pale after losing streaks for more than fifty rounds.

nLeona carried the bag of coin on her shoulder but kept on holding Kyrana's little hand.

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"Here you go, princess. This is your money.

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"You can keep it, just use it when you go to the casino next time...princess. Teehee.

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"You really give it to me???

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"Yes...because why not??! I have so much fun today. Let's eat something when we're at the lake.

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nAfter Leona excused herself to put the coin in her room, Kyrana was left along with the cheerful princess. She kept staring at her didn't know the reason why...how can a person be so pure and lucky??

nShe giggled, she smiled, she was the brightest person, a girl her age she met for the first time in her life so far who she thought that is the same level as her.

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"Why did you want to go to the casino??

" Kyrana decided to ask the princess who was staring at the edge of the water.

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"Because it looks like a fun place. And I want to travel to all kinds of places in this empire before I go back to my empire next week.

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"Your empire doesn't have the fun place??

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"For the past few years, because of the war, we didn't have any magic helping us with the daily life...and my people only trained days by days...I never ever have so much fun like today.

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"Princess...life isn't about fun, you know...

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"I know that. But just like your friend...you know the brown-haired guy said...we should just enjoy the moment.

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n'Too childish.' Kyrana threw the small pebble to the lake bouncing on the lake with clear water.

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"How did you do that??

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"Just throw it like this.

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"What if our empires won't make peace with each other?? What will you do at that time?? Will you kill me if I'm your enemy?

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"Of course!

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"...

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"Since sparing you meant I'm looking down on you, so I'm gonna give it my best shot to shut you down.'

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"...

" Kyrana smiled nervously holding back her tears when she glanced at the cookie princess Athena was eating.

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"What about you??? Will you kill me???

" princess Athena asked jokingly throwing the small and light rock on the lake without knowing what she just consumed.

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"...let's just enjoy the moment...

" right after Kyrana finished mumbling that sentence, princess Athena started coughing and eventually faint with her face turning blue.

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"How can you be so cruel, little sister??

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"I don't want to hear that from you...Leona.

" Kyrana stood up looking at the pitiful princess who was betrayed.

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"We should just wait a little more before we kill her, it's evening soon and her brothers will find her.

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"It would be a waste right for not killing her when she dropped off her guard like this...and at the abandoned lake like this place.

" Kyrana smirked with her eyes glancing at her older sister who was grinning from ear to ear.

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"I don't know anything about this...don't involve me, kay?

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"Don't beg for me when you need the credit, big sister...tonight will be a bloodbath...my brother will kill all of the southern royalty.

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"Really??? I look forward to that.

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n'I really owe you a lot, princess...hope you will forgive me...wish you have a lot of fun in heaven.'

nTo be continued....!

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